1.   Biomedical scientists and university leaders say the vacancies are slowing down research initiatives and leaving crucial policy decisions up to politicians, not scientists.

2.   A plan to reduce the debt of young researchers is being advocated by FASEB, the biomedical scientists group.

3.   Dr. Richard G. Langlois, a senior biomedical scientist at Livermore, said scientists at the laboratory hoped to have a prototype within a year.

4.   Richard G. Langlois, a senior biomedical scientist at Livermore, said the laboratory wanted a working model finished within a year.

5.   The move Wednesday delighted doctors and biomedical scientists whose labs are piling up radioactive materials or radioisotopes, but upset environmentalists who fear grim ecological consequences.